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John O. Meusebach, a baron in his native Germany, founded Fredericksburg, Texas, in 1846, naming the new settlement in honor of Prussia’s Prince Frederick. The town in the heart of Texas Hill Country was designed to serve as a home for immigrants from Germany. Fredericksburg continues to celebrate its German heritage. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the town’s restaurants, a large number of which specialize in German cuisine.

Altdorf Biergarten

Opened in 1977, the Altdorf offers casual dining in its indoor dining rooms, all housed in a historic limestone structure dating from the early years of Fredericksburg. However, the restaurant is probably best known for its outdoor beer garden, where stately old trees shade diners and beer drinkers alike from the hot Texas sun. If you’re anxious to try some traditional German cuisine, the restaurant is more than happy to oblige with such dishes as schnitzels, smoked pork chops, bratwurst, knackwurst, red cabbage and sauerkraut. One of the house specialties is a dish called schwalbennester (swallow’s nest), which consists of sliced ham, roast beef and bacon wrapped around hard-boiled eggs and topped with a wine and mushroom sauce. If it’s enough to just soak up the German-flavored ambiance, you can enjoy such Texas favorites as chicken-fried steak, Tex-Mex combos, hearty steak platters and burgers. Altdorf Biergarten 301 W. Main St. Fredericksburg, TX 78624 830-997-7865 altdorfbiergarten-fbg.com

Der Lindenbaum

Housed in a historic structure in the heart of Fredericksburg, this restaurant has been favorably reviewed in a wide array of publications, including the Houston Chronicle newspaper and Gourmet, Southern Living, Texas Monthly and Austin magazines. German-born chef-owner Ingrid Hohmann offers a menu full of traditional German favorites. These include German sausages, such as bratwurst; rinderbraten, which is German-style roast beef; sauerbraten, a sweet-and-sour marinated beef pot roast; schnitzels of both pork and veal; schweinekotelett, pork chops in mustard sauce and gulasch, a spicy beef stew. Der Lindenbaum 312 E. Main St. Fredericksburg, TX 78624 830-997-9126 derlindenbaum.com

Friedhelm's Bavarian Inn Restaurant &amp; Bar

Housed in a Bavarian-style structure, complete with onion dome, this inn and restaurant provides overnight accommodations, as well as some excellent German cuisine. The restaurant, decorated in typical German “gasthaus” style, offers plenty of German favorites, as well as some popular American dishes. The former category includes schnitzels of both pork and veal, beef rouladen, sauerbraten, bratwurst and knackwurst and smoked pork chops. Non-German menu selections include shrimp, prime rib, poultry, salads and a wide array of prime-cut steaks. Friedhelm’s Bavarian Inn Restaurant & Bar 905 W. Main St. Fredericksburg, TX 78624 830-997-6300 friedhelmsbavarianinn.com

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Don Amerman has spent his entire professional career in the editorial field. For many years he was an editor and writer for The Journal of Commerce. Since 1996 he has been freelancing full-time, writing for a large number of print and online publishers including Gale Group, Charles Scribner’s Sons, Greenwood Publishing, Rock Hill Works and others.

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